Diary summary wk/ ending Sunday 1st March

[louisa maud]

I  have been " got at"   thing is the email I quite innocent initially from a family, member or friend suggesting  a " catch up", my sister in law always addresses her emails as that, I  replied and they have got  my contacts.
Sorry if anyone else has had the sane email from me

LM

[louisa maud]

Anyone with me email address will get this email.
Huge apologies

LM

[Viktoria]

Has anyone else had a strange email supposedly from another RootsChatter?
I am concerned because even the explanation is unusual, I won’t say why.
It is very worrying ,we both had endless trouble last week trying to get on to this site, I was told umpteen times  I was trying to use another user’s name !
 Have tried to contact the moderators but nothing as yet.V.

[louisa maud]

Viktoria   it was from me I think, I have been compromised,  don't send any money to anyone

LM

[Roobarb]

I had an email supposedly from a member of a Devon genealogy group I was in years ago,  I think it was a Rootsweb group. This is the message :

"Hello, I hope this finds you well.
I’m currently unable to speak on the phone due to severe throat pain caused by laryngitis. I just wanted to check if you’d be happy to communicate via email instead, as I need a bit of help from you."

I'm sure this is spam and have marked it as such. If anyone receives anything like this please don't respond to it.

[Viktoria]

I have notified the Moderators but no reply as yet, the purported sender has got in touch via RootsChat ,a couple of things still make me a bit suspicious though ,so not replying yet.
Will  wait to see what the Moderators can do to get things secure .

Viktoria.

[louisa maud]

Roobard and Viktoria,  they are scams , I have got caught because I opened an innocent email from someone I knew well, now my phone and emails have been compromised, causing me a lot of stress right now  DON'T ANSWER ANYTHING YOU ARENY SURE OF, I got caught by my friend just asking  how I was and was I on email, I replied,  and that is it, got at and I don't know how to cope with it

LM

[Roobarb]

Thanks, I know that LM, that's why I marked it as spam. The email system will block any further emails from that address. It's not opening the email that causes the damage, it's replying or clicking on any links in it.

[Viktoria]

That is quite often heard hereabouts,” Now here’s a thing “ prior to an unusual story or odd statistic, a bit like “ Well what do you think of this?”

A mild but damp morning ,but not really gloomy.

Well folks- I have won the Lottery——-yes from my Alzheimer’s Society Lottery monthly donations ,A cheque for the sum of £5-00——-
I give more than that each month ,in a bit I will be paying towards my own treatment as the blinds gradually come down.
Have done a bit of plant surgery this morning ,to a “ Peace Lily “ It is still in the same soil,  has never bloomed but does have abundant glossy deep green leaves .
One clump was looking weary, the rest very healthy, so I have cut off the weary part but have it in water as it might put out roots.
It must be all of 36 years since my daughter bought it for Mothering Sunday in 1991.My grandson was born that year.

Well freezer seems O.K. The contents are insured ———
I sometimes,well now and then but really fairly often think “ I will remember what that is” is as I chuck some unlabelled pack in but if course I don’t —
What arrogance 

Son off to Head Office again next week ,

I am going to start some Spring cleaning ,namely the bookshelves in the lounge which are in the recesses either side of the chimney breast.
Gosh the lovely books I gave away when I moved ,one was of all the fantastic castles built by King Ludwig of Bavaria, fantastic ,sooooo extravagant.
The big white really fairy tale one Neueschwanstein like the Disney one - well the other way round really - then Lindehof where the grotto with a beautiful swan boat floated ,all based on Wagner’s  Ring Cycle operas.
In the Grand Saloon there were wonderful crystal chandeliers ,supposedly better than any at Versailles or Buckingham Palace, ,the matter of cleaning them was described ,by this time the guide was getting a bit over the top, so it was mentioned by a visitor that a very famous company in London cleaned  costly chandeliers ——-,they were called “ Trotter “ —-
The guide could not understand why so much laughter ,but she was obnoxious ,as if we Brits had no such treasures or castles etc, and we ‘d won the war anyway!
Such extravagance and Ludwig only spent 45 minutes in Neueschwanstein ( that may be badly spelled)
Great tourist attractions now though .
Why ever did I give the lovely book away!

Well the sun has come out .
Had curry from thre freezer yesterday so our usual Thursday Chips will be for tea this evening.

Look after yourselves .Viktoria.